Joy Crookes

Joy Crookes is a singer from South London with a singular and wide-ranging voice. She spun cinematic ballads throughout the 2010s and 2020s, making her full-length debut in 2021 with the Mercury Prize-nominated Skin. Four year later, she issued her wide-ranging sophomore effort, Mathematics. Born in Lambeth, South London, Joy Elizabeth Akther Crookes spent her early years in Elephant and Castle before moving to West London at 14. A self-taught pianist and guitarist, Crookes published covers online throughout her teenage years, catching the ear of her future manager with a ve...